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Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:03:24 +0530
From:   Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>
To:     David Christensen <drc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, siva.kallam@...adcom.com,
        prashant@...adcom.com, mchan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/tg3: resolve deadlock in tg3_reset_task() during EEH

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 12:23 AM David Christensen
<drc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> During EEH error injection testing, a deadlock was encountered in the tg3
> driver when tg3_io_error_detected() was attempting to cancel outstanding
> reset tasks:
>
> crash> foreach UN bt
> ...
> PID: 159    TASK: c0000000067c6000  CPU: 8   COMMAND: "eehd"
> ...
>  #5 [c00000000681f990] __cancel_work_timer at c00000000019fd18
>  #6 [c00000000681fa30] tg3_io_error_detected at c00800000295f098 [tg3]
>  #7 [c00000000681faf0] eeh_report_error at c00000000004e25c
> ...
>
> PID: 290    TASK: c000000036e5f800  CPU: 6   COMMAND: "kworker/6:1"
> ...
>  #4 [c00000003721fbc0] rtnl_lock at c000000000c940d8
>  #5 [c00000003721fbe0] tg3_reset_task at c008000002969358 [tg3]
>  #6 [c00000003721fc60] process_one_work at c00000000019e5c4
> ...
>
> PID: 296    TASK: c000000037a65800  CPU: 21  COMMAND: "kworker/21:1"
> ...
>  #4 [c000000037247bc0] rtnl_lock at c000000000c940d8
>  #5 [c000000037247be0] tg3_reset_task at c008000002969358 [tg3]
>  #6 [c000000037247c60] process_one_work at c00000000019e5c4
> ...
>
> PID: 655    TASK: c000000036f49000  CPU: 16  COMMAND: "kworker/16:2"
> ...:1
>
>  #4 [c0000000373ebbc0] rtnl_lock at c000000000c940d8
>  #5 [c0000000373ebbe0] tg3_reset_task at c008000002969358 [tg3]
>  #6 [c0000000373ebc60] process_one_work at c00000000019e5c4
> ...
>
> Code inspection shows that both tg3_io_error_detected() and
> tg3_reset_task() attempt to acquire the RTNL lock at the beginning of
> their code blocks.  If tg3_reset_task() should happen to execute between
> the times when tg3_io_error_deteced() acquires the RTNL lock and
> tg3_reset_task_cancel() is called, a deadlock will occur.
>
> Moving tg3_reset_task_cancel() call earlier within the code block, prior
> to acquiring RTNL, prevents this from happening, but also exposes another
> deadlock issue where tg3_reset_task() may execute AFTER
> tg3_io_error_detected() has executed:
>
> crash> foreach UN bt
> PID: 159    TASK: c0000000067d2000  CPU: 9   COMMAND: "eehd"
> ...
>  #4 [c000000006867a60] rtnl_lock at c000000000c940d8
>  #5 [c000000006867a80] tg3_io_slot_reset at c0080000026c2ea8 [tg3]
>  #6 [c000000006867b00] eeh_report_reset at c00000000004de88
> ...
> PID: 363    TASK: c000000037564000  CPU: 6   COMMAND: "kworker/6:1"
> ...
>  #3 [c000000036c1bb70] msleep at c000000000259e6c
>  #4 [c000000036c1bba0] napi_disable at c000000000c6b848
>  #5 [c000000036c1bbe0] tg3_reset_task at c0080000026d942c [tg3]
>  #6 [c000000036c1bc60] process_one_work at c00000000019e5c4
> ...
>
> This issue can be avoided by aborting tg3_reset_task() if EEH error
> recovery is already in progress.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Christensen <drc@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>
> ---
> History:
>
> v2: Remove tp->dev check
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
Thanks.
Reviewed-by: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
> index 59debdc344a5..58747292521d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
> @@ -11166,7 +11166,7 @@ static void tg3_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
>         rtnl_lock();
>         tg3_full_lock(tp, 0);
>
> -       if (!netif_running(tp->dev)) {
> +       if (tp->pcierr_recovery || !netif_running(tp->dev)) {
>                 tg3_flag_clear(tp, RESET_TASK_PENDING);
>                 tg3_full_unlock(tp);
>                 rtnl_unlock();
> @@ -18101,6 +18101,9 @@ static pci_ers_result_t tg3_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>
>         netdev_info(netdev, "PCI I/O error detected\n");
>
> +       /* Want to make sure that the reset task doesn't run */
> +       tg3_reset_task_cancel(tp);
> +
>         rtnl_lock();
>
>         /* Could be second call or maybe we don't have netdev yet */
> @@ -18117,9 +18120,6 @@ static pci_ers_result_t tg3_io_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
>
>         tg3_timer_stop(tp);
>
> -       /* Want to make sure that the reset task doesn't run */
> -       tg3_reset_task_cancel(tp);
> -
>         netif_device_detach(netdev);
>
>         /* Clean up software state, even if MMIO is blocked */
> --
> 2.31.1
>

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